And a Child Shall Lead Them
And a Child Shall Lead Them
Like an arrow to its target
The shortest point from A to B
The questions of an innocent
carry genuine beguile
which cuts to the heart
And bypass such monuments we erect
to decorum, self importance or insecurity
Such are the questions of a child
From, Why are you sad?, spills an empathy abundant
Why do you sit in that wheelchair?, opens the door
to validate another who so desperately
wants to share their humanity
Why dont you just apologize?, seems to simplify
and deconstruct the most complex alibi
A jaded heart, planted in the soil of adolescence,
bears fruit in our maturity, and becomes
a woven web of unclarity and doubt
My life is too busy to see that you are hurting
Dont look at the person in the chair
they might feel self conscious
Why should I apologize when I can always
justify my righteousness
Oh, that we should attend the altar of
consciousness with such innocence
Lay prostrate the academic wanderings
of the adult mind and take up
the mantle of youthful zeal
And a little child shall lead them
6 Comments:
How ridiculous and how sad that we worry in case someone might feel self-conscious, and forget that feeling self-conscious is better than feeling invisible. Let's vote for the childlike mind while it's still free from the baggage of the adult's.
By lesley153, Mar 22 09 9:36 PM
Here, Here! Well said, Miss L.
By bobcat88, Mar 22 09 9:40 PM
I enjoyed this.
By garrysouders, Mar 22 09 10:14 PM
The "mantle of youthful zeal" - what's that again? Just kidding, it is still in my mind if not in my body. I love the ideals in that one, Bob, very well written.
By jordandog, Mar 23 09 6:40 PM
Wonderful thoughts and so true. ox
By Joybaby, Mar 24 09 8:46 AM
The child in us voices those thoughts in our heads...the adult in us stops them coming out. A great pity sometimes.
I love this Bob xx
By midsomerval, Mar 25 09 2:01 PM